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“bancario” and “bancarios” are a confusable Spanish pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#9,410
“bancario” frequency rank
#14,525
“bancarios” frequency rank
23935
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature bancario bancarios
Definition Que pertenece o concierne a la banca o a los bancos. Forma del masculino plural de bancario.

Where the eye mixes bancario and bancarios

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. bancario runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVV) against bancarios's 9 (CVCCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
bancario
9 ch
bancarios

Visual trap between bancario and bancarios

A purely visual mix-up. bancario ([bãŋˈkaɾjo]) and bancarios ([bãŋˈkaɾjos]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bancario” sits inside “bancarios”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

bancario is recorded at frequency rank #9,410, classified as anadj, pronounced [bãŋˈkaɾjo]. bancarios is at rank #14,525, tagged as anadj, pronounced [bãŋˈkaɾjos].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 23935, this pair ranks #243,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of bancario vs bancarios

Shared letters: abcinor. Private to "bancario": -. Private to "bancarios": s.

"bancario" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVV  ·  "bancarios" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCVVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • bancario ← abncario · bacnario · banacrio · bancairo · bancaroi · bancarrio · banccario · bancraio
  • bancarios ← abncarios · bacnarios · banacrios · bancairos · bancarioss · bancariso · bancarois · bancarrios

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "bancario" for "bancarios" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([bãŋˈkaɾjo] versus [bãŋˈkaɾjos]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
In ordinary Spanish text, does "bancario" or "bancarios" show up more?
"bancario" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,410 in our Spanish list, against #14,525 for "bancarios". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.

  • Full dictionary entry for "bancario" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "bancarios" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #243,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "bancario" and "bancarios" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bancarios vs binarios". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #243,487 of 323,831 scored Spanish pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list